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Getting Fit In Raytown Maximum Fitness
keeps Chris growing is his desire to keep honing his craft. When Seana Young of Raytown High approached him for track training (See RHS Senior Signs Letter of Intent with Pittsburg State, April 17, 2015 issue), Chris admitted he didn’t know much about track-and-field. He began taking classes, attending events, and corresponding with college and university coaches to enhance his coaching skills and understanding and student athletes are coming to him and getting results. He is now a certified ISSA (International Sports Sciences Association) personal trainer.
By Brian Lee
On one of the walls of the Maximum Fitness gym at 11730 E 83rd Street hang scores of pictures of former student athletes of owner and trainer, Chris Roberson, who helped
them reach their athletic goals, the coveted college scholarship. Chris has been a personal trainer in Raytown for 20 some odd years. He started his career fighting and training in Brazilian Jujitsu. Over time, many of his students wanted to increase their physical strength so he incorporated strength training into
Lonnie Bush Fitness
By Brian Lee
When you walk into the large open-spaced Lonnie Bush Fitness club at 6715 Blue Ridge, an unusual sight catches your attention. Something you don’t expect to see at a fitness center is a wall solely dedicated to displaying a huge variety of women’s wigs. While pondering
The Maximum Fitness Wall of Accomplishment their classes. His students were getting bigger, faster and stronger and regional high school athletes were taking notice and began seeking his tutelage to improve their game. Rob-
erson has equipped his gym with the necessary equipment to accommodate the diversity of sports that his students represent, from basketball, baseball, football and most recently
over what the connection between women’s wigs and fitness could be, I was stumped especially since many of her clients are men. It didn’t take long to understand. While I waited for Lonnie Bush to do this story, an older woman hobbled through the front door, worn out as if she had just ran around the block, wearing what appeared to be a wig. Moments later Lonnie walks through the front door and leads the woman over to the wig display to select a wig she fancies. I couldn’t hear their entire conversation but it
was apparent that the woman didn’t see what she wanted. What Lonnie said next surprised me. “OK, I’ll see if I can buy the kind you’re looking for.” Salesmen never buy products for customers. They “get it in”, “have it shipped in”, or “order it in. As it turns out, Lonnie Bush isn’t in the business of selling wigs. She gives wigs to cancer patients. Lonnie Bush, a spry and vibrant woman who has been teaching fitness for over a decade, is also a triple-negative breast cancer survivor. The generous work she does to
track and field. He trains one-on-one or in small groups of same-event athletes and is currently training a group of track-and-field athletes from Lee’s Summit, Raytown, and Belton. What
Lonnie Bush holding her book “Cancer Was My Blessing” describing her personal struggle with cancer support cancer patients is inspirational by the accounts of women she befriended while battling for their lives. Unfortunately, some of those women didn’t finish all their treatments because they couldn’t afford the co-pays. They didn’t survive. It took over a year of treatments
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before Lonnie was declared cancer free. During that time, she never missed a fitness class. “My classes gave me the incentive to get up and get going instead of laying in bed all day. It was what I needed,”
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